Turnhout (bel)

Turnhout

Turnhout ranks 1,662nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Banjul, Vukovar, and Bourg-en-Bresse. Memorable people born in Turnhout include Frans Janssens, Paul Janssen, and Filip Daems. Memorable people who died in Turnhout include Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Joseph Vissers. Turnhout has been the birth place of many soccer players, and physicians and the death place of many musicians, and athletes. Turnhout is located in Belgium.

Turnhout is a Belgian municipality and city located in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the city of Turnhout proper. In 2021, its population was 45,874. The total area is 56.06 km2 (21.64 sq mi). The agglomeration is much more populous, with 81,473 inhabitants. It is known for its playing card industry, and houses the head office of the world's largest manufacturer of playing cards, Cartamundi. Turnhout is also the capital of the administrative district with the same name. The city council often promotes the city as "the capital of the Kempen area". This designation is entirely unofficial, since the Kempen area is far larger than the Turnhout district and does not form an administrative unit. Read more on Wikipedia